Emily Bartlett Ms. Santi 1B PDP American Literature 7 December 2011 Young Goodman Brown In Young Goodman Brown‚ Nathanial Hawthorne utilizes the forest’s setting and character’s descriptions to show the symbolic meaning of each. The forest‚ each character and their actions all have specific meanings that are critical to the interpretation of the story. The story of Young Goodman Brown takes place in the town of Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ and the forest surrounding the town. Salem became famous for its
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in reality‚ it can be both. The use of symbolism can help the reader conclude a much thoughtful or deeper message that is not seen by the naked eye but rather deeply hidden by the author. Three different authors of three different works‚ “The Chrysanthemums”‚
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Mike and Elisa from the stories‚ “The Vigilante” and “The Chrysanthemums‚” from John Steinbeck novel‚ The Long Valley‚ both felt emptiness inside and wanted to fit in with their community to fill the shadow within themselves. A shadow is a portion of our personality that we neglect and never accept within ourselves. The shadow comes in different forms and once we think we understand it‚ it appears in another form. Jung states that‚ “ the shadow is an integral part of our nature‚ and it can never
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Elisa’s Point of View In the short story‚ “The Chrysanthemums” John Steinbeck tells the story of Elisa Allen living on a ranch in the Salinas Valley with her husband Henry. Elisa is a thirty-five year-old house wife that takes pride in growing chrysanthemums. One day while cutting down last year’s chrysanthemums her husband tells her that he has just sold thirty cattle and is going to take her out to dinner and a movie. After that‚ a traveling tinker stops by her house and offers to fix any pots
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Many authors have captured the vast colors of discrimination and feminism throughout this era‚ especially John Steinbeck. Steinbeck is but one author who represents the feminist perspective in his short story The Chrysanthemums. Upon the first entrance of Elisa in “The Chrysanthemums”‚ written by John Steinbeck in 1938‚ she is found in her garden. Her garden is explained to be fenced in‚ “wire fence that protected her flower garden from cattle and dogs and chickens.” (Steinbeck‚ para 2‚ 1938)
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ARCHETYPAL SETTINGS 1. The River – Almost any source of water will focus on the importance of life. Without water there is no life. A journey on or down a river is often a metaphor for life’s journey or a character’s journey‚ especially if the river is shown as a road or means of travel – pulling or pushing a character through changes. (Twain’s Huck Finn) Rivers can also be a metaphor for the passage of time (Big Fish) or the stages of a human life (creek‚ roaring river‚ sea; or the crossing of
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town like the characters in S.E Hinton’s book The Outsiders. The setting of the book is east/west side of town. There are two groups in town‚ the socs and the greasers. They were a greaser or soc depending on what side of town they lived in. For example the greases lived on the east side and the socs lived on the west side of town. They setting affects the characters by developing their personality based on where they lived. The main characters in the book is Ponyboy. The setting affects him because
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Setting in “The Lottery” The setting in a story helps to form the story and it makes the characters become more interesting. There are three main types of setting. The first is nature and the outdoors‚ second is objects of human manufacture and construction and the third is cultural conditions and assumptions. These three things help the reader to understand the characters better in Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”. “The Lottery” is started out by
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Chrysanthemum Tran recounts her life as a transgender woman‚ displaying raw emotion and pain in her poem “Vampires‚” as recites the following lines: “Maybe I was born dead. Or even worse‚ undead. I am an undying thing‚ refusing to rot. Even when this world wants me burned.” The astounding reality of the hate that lesbian‚ gay‚ bisexual‚ and transgender (LGBT) people face has been a common theme throughout history. They have stood ground against a pedestal of contempt that pervades every aspect of
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his late wife and now this past comes to haunt them. The novel takes place 78 years ago in London. The setting of a story really shapes the plot‚ and changing the setting can lead to drastic changes. One aspect to consider in changing the setting of Rebecca is the technology of that time. In the novel that is set in the late 1930’s‚ cars‚ phones‚ and motorboats are mentioned. Each time a character wanted to speak to another that was far away they would write a letter or call‚ however mobile phones
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